San Jose, CA — (press release excerpt) — IP Infusion and MontaVista Software announced that they will be showcasing an IP interoperability demonstration at the Network Processor Conference in San Jose, California from October 23-24. The demonstration consists of IP Infusion's modular, portable ZebOS Advanced Routing Suite (ARS) running on MontaVista Linux Professional Edition and network processor… (more…)

An announcement from the handhelds.org project . . .

handhelds.org has today released version 0.6 of the Familiar Linux distribution for Linux-based operation of Compaq/HP iPAQ devices. New features include the resource-savvy BusyBox Linux tools collection, as well as a 2.4.18 Linux kernel including patches… (more…)

Richardson, TX — (press release) — Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR) announced today that Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has unveiled an extremely small (.37 x .31 x .07 in.) Bluetooth module incorporating CSR's BlueCore2 chip. (more…)

Hannover, Germany — SSV Embedded Systems announced a small Linux-based terminal, the TRM/916, based on SSV's tiny DIL/NetPC single-board computer family. SSV's TRM series terminals are designed for use in harsh environments such as in machines, vehicles, or for wall/table mounting in industrial environments,do not include any mechanical moving parts, and have typical power consumption in the… (more…)

San Jose, Calif. — (press release excerpt) — Agere Systems and MontaVista Software today announced an agreement to provide MontaVista Linux operating system software and support for Agere's family of PayloadPlus network processors. The announcement is being made during this week's Network Processor Conference here. (more…)

Sunnyvale, CA — (press release excerpt) — MontaVista Software announced today that Intel Corporation, Force Computers, and MontaVista Software are jointly sponsoring a series of three half-day seminars for software developers of telecommunications applications. (more…)

An announcement from the Fourth Real-Time Linux Workshop which will be held Dec. 6-7, 2002 in Boston, MA . . . (more…)

San Jose, CA — (press release excerpt) — SiberCore Technologies announced that its plug-and-play coprocessor card has been fully integrated with the Intel IXP2400 development platform. The SCTB2409-B TCAM modular card, software development kit (SDK), and reference software simplifies designs and improves performance of OC-48 and OC-192 equipment such as metro, edge, and core routers and Enterprise LAN… (more…)

Kevin Dankwardt provides some news based on a recent discussion on the Linux Kernel Mailing List concerning Linux Security Module support with respect to non-GPL loadable kernel modules. The discussion has Linus Torvalds and others once again voicing their opinions on the subject of non-GPL software. (more…)

Dallas, TX and Bloomfield Hills, MI — (press release excerpt) — The Automotive Multimedia Interface Collaboration (AMI-C) and the 1394 Trade Association today signed a cooperative agreement designed to coordinate and synchronize the development of new automotive specifications for mobile information and entertainment systems operating over 1394 Automotive networks. (more…)

Cambridge, England and Tokyo — (press release excerpt) — ARM today announced the PrimeXsys Community Program at the ARM Forum in Japan. The initiative extends the ARM Partnership to developers supporting the PrimeXsys Platform and represents an addition to other ARM Partnership Programs, which include ATAP, the ARM technology access program and the ARM Foundry Program. (more…)

Fremont, CA — (press release excerpt) — M-Systems today announced DiskOnKey 2.0, M-Systems' first Hi-Speed USB 2.0 device based on the recently announced DiskOnKey Technology platform.

The new device is up to date with the latest USB… (more…)

Foreword: I recently wrote a column about the support in the Linux kernel and in utilities for enforcing GPL licensing on loadable modules. As can be expected, this issue has been debated on the Linux Kernel Mailing List. (more…)

Richardson, TX — (press release excerpt) — Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR) today launched a ready-engineered example of a Bluetooth interface which emulates a normal serial port, thus eliminating the need for Bluetooth stack software. The fully specified design is based on CSR's BlueCore technology and Bluecore2-External chip. (more…)

An announcement from the eCos mailing list . . .

Anthony Massa has just written a new book about eCos. The book is due out towards the end of November. It is titled: Embedded Software Development with eCos (ISBN 0-13-035473-2) and is being published by Prentice Hall PTR. (more…)